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The James Bond Songbook

The James Bond Songbook
James Bond Sextet

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Track Listing

  1. Thunderball
  2. Casino Royale
  3. The Man With The Golden Gun
  4. From Russia With Love
  5. Theme From "Dr No"
  6. Moonraker
  7. James Bond Theme
  8. For Your Eyes Only
  9. Goldfinger
  10. Live And Let Die
  11. Diamonds Are Forever
  12. You Only Live Twice

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #19595 in Music
  • Released on: 2006-10-09
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Dimensions: .21 pounds

Editorial Reviews

Album Description
• A hip and groovy jazz take on the world of James Bond from 1965 - the height of the original Bond mania.

• This rare album is seeing its first ever reissue and is taken from the original mastertapes. It is the latest in BGP’s Sound Library series, which is now onto its 3rd volume of filmic instrumental grooves.

• The original album used legendary jazz and session bassist Jimmy Bond and contracted his name to James. Bond was a mainstay of the LA scene, playing with jazzers such as Charlie Parker and Elmo Hope, and with Phil Spector, Randy Newman and Frank Zappa (on his Lumpy Gravy project) amongst others.

• The group on this CD includes some of the finest jazz talent on the West Coast, including a brilliant horn and reed line-up of Harold Land on tenor, Buddy Collette on flute and tenor and Bobby Bryant on trumpet.

Customer Reviews

An essential addition to any Bond music collection5
This is a fantastic album, performed by some of the best jazz musicians of all time. The CD contains cover versions of the themes from the films Dr No to You Only Live Twice and 6 original recordings inspired by Ian Fleming's novels Casino Royale, Man With The Golden Gun, Moonraker, For Your Eyes Only, Live and Let Die and Diamonds Are Forever - these are NOT cover versions of the themes from the Bond films (the films hadn't been made when this album was released!)

One minor niggle is that based on the actual CD content the track listing on the sleeve is wrong:

Track 1 should be The James Bond Theme
Track 7 should be Thunderball

The other tracks are correct. However, don't let that stop you from buying this album - this is how cover theme albums should be made!